D.B. v. DCF

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JULY TERM 2006 D.B., FATHER OF D.F., A CHILD, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D06-1676 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed October 20, 2006. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, James C. Hauser, Judge. Ryan Thomas Truskoski, of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant. Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See M.M. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 931 So. 2d 280 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006); K.B. v Dep't of Children & Families, 834 So. 2d 368, 369 (Fla. 5th DCA . 2003) (observing "the 'least restrictive means' test . . . is not intended to preserve the parental bonds at the cost of a child's future. . . . The 'least restrictive means' test simply requires that measures short of termination be utilized if such measures would permit the safe re-establishment of the parent-child bond"). THOMPSON, PALMER, and TORPY, JJ., concur.

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